README

Originally written as part of composer/composer,
now extracted and made available as a stand-alone library.

Installation

Install the latest version with:

$ composer require composer/spdx-licenses

Basic Usage

<?phpuseComposer\Spdx\SpdxLicenses;$licenses=newSpdxLicenses();// get a license by identifier$licenses->getLicenseByIdentifier('MIT');// get a license exception by identifier$licenses->getExceptionByIdentifier('Autoconf-exception-3.0');// get a license identifier by name$licenses->getIdentifierByName('MIT License');// check if a license is OSI approved by identifier$licenses->isOsiApprovedByIdentifier('MIT');// check if a license identifier is deprecated$licenses->isDeprecatedByIdentifier('MIT');// check if input is a valid SPDX license expression$licenses->validate($input);

Read the specifications
to find out more about valid license expressions.

Requirements

PHP 5.3.2 is required but using the latest version of PHP is highly recommended.

License

composer/spdx-licenses is licensed under the MIT License, see the LICENSE file for details.